Example sentences of "[adv] to give [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And so , when the sun 's rage had died away , they finished celebrating their wedding feast with great joy , and the sun himself came down to give away his little cousin to her bridegroom . |
| 2 | For organizations and clubs first timing it in this area Kinloss Canoe Club can always provide an experienced canoeist guide ( usually an instructor ) to join your flotilla and paddle along to give up to the minute on the spot information , or if you wish , to lead on the water , all at not cost , especially on the Findhorn . |
| 3 | They only to give well it |
| 4 | You have only to give in a few times ( out of many when you stick to your planned ignoring ) to lose the battle . |
| 5 | Parents often stand out against troublesome behaviour for some time , only to give in eventually . |
| 6 | We 'll have to carry on with the Week of the Lion tour if only to give there good people something to do . |
| 7 | No scheme will be worth much if farmers are allowed merely to give over their least productive land . |
| 8 | We must persuade industry not merely to give away their tax- deductible loot as a sop to worthy environmental causes and charities but actually to find ways of integrating environmental capital into their accounts , as part of their business — a kind of natural account — a problem we are researching at the moment . |
| 9 | An agreement is needed , not merely to give up an amount of liberty , but to put it into the hands of some sovereign power . |
| 10 | More are likely to be ill informed , to take little interest in politics , and perhaps to give rather less thought to the casting of a vote than to the marking of a pools coupon . |
| 11 | Levi was interested in action , purpose , work , and capable of them : and the capacity may have been formed in contention with a desire to withdraw and perhaps to give up . |
| 12 | It would be so easy just to give up for a while . |
| 13 | Relearning is a longer , gradual process with ups and downs and it is too easy just to give up . |
| 14 | She had n't got this far nor worked this hard just to give up at the thought of some sort of opposition . |
| 15 | She was soon to give up her own acting career — which she never took seriously — to — spoil him ? |
| 16 | I did my best not to give away anything of my exasperation on discovering that a task I had thought all but behind me was in fact still there unassaulted before me . |
| 17 | However , considering that –Sewell characteristically was uncommunicative and that the College 's general policy was not to give away information helpful to others , the report does have some interest . |
| 18 | When you are chatting in a public place , be careful not to give away sensitive information about your personal movements , holiday plans , valuables or your house , just in case some unwelcome eavesdropper is enthusiastically tuning into your conversation . |
| 19 | The reason was not to give longer playing time , but to allow louder reproduction . |
| 20 | A lesson not to give up ! |
| 21 | The boy 's parents said he was determined not to give up and would appeal . |
| 22 | At 78 he still refused to stop work : ‘ My advice to parents is not to give up to the rising generation the place you have occupied in the world so long , because there are some who are very near to you who would turn round and put you out homeless and penniless . ’ |
| 23 | You have a reasonable period of time to decide whether or not to give up your job , but it is not easy to forecast what will be regarded as ‘ reasonable ’ . |
| 24 | It 's hard to tell people not to give up their day jobs — but a lot of the time that 's exactly what you mean . ’ |
| 25 | This is a message to them not to give up hope . |
| 26 | But the plot has more holes than an OAP 's hairnet , and the supercilious Ms Dash thoroughly deserves the pig-ignorant Mr Wayans , I strongly advise brother Marlon not to give up the day job and I sincerely hope I am indisposed should they decide to foist Mo' Money 2 on us . |
| 27 | Mr Ubial Susey , whose Department of Communication is a member of WACC and who served on WACC 's Central Committee in the 1980s , is publicising the plight of Zaire in an effort both to gain international support for his country 's struggle for democracy , and to encourage its people not to give up . |
| 28 | It was important to believe , and it was important not to give up . |
| 29 | Hugo Brassard keeps telling me not to give up hope . ’ |
| 30 | He said there had been a remarkable change in attitudes over the last few years in which those people still in work were determined not to give up their annual break , although they were being forced to cut down on other spending . |